1984 Belizean general election

none June 2022 Belize parliamentary 1979 Belizean general election 1979 1989 Belizean general election 1989 All 28 seats in the House of Representatives 15 14 December 1984 64,447 74.96% ( 14.82pp) Manuel Esquivel.jpg Manuel Esquivel United Democratic Party (Belize) Caribbean Shores 25,756 54.07% 6.72 pp 47.35%, 5 seats 21 16 George Cadle Price.jpg George Cadle Price People's United Party Pickstock(lost re-election) 20,961 44.00% 8.44 pp 52.44%, 13 seats 7 seats 6 Belize_general_election_1984_-_Results_by_Constituency.svg Results by constituency Prime Minister George Cadle Price People's United Party Manuel Esquivel United Democratic Party (Belize) General elections were held in Belize on 14 December 1984.Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p104 978-0-19-928357-6 The result was a victory for the opposition United Democratic Party, which won 21 of the 28 seats. Voter turnout was 75.0%. Background The elections were the first in Belize since it achieved full independence from the United Kingdom in 1981. In its more than 30 years of existence, the ruling People's United Party had never lost an election at the national level, whilst the opposition had never won more than six seats (out of a possible eighteen in 1974). However, by 1984 the PUP were presiding over an economy in recession and that had just recently been bailed out by the IMF. The party was internally fractured and faced a United Democratic Party that had made significant gains since losing the last general election in 1979. Senator Manuel Esquivel – who Prime Minister George Price defeated in his own House constituency in 1979 – became UDP leader in December 1983.United Democratic Party, Countrystudies.us. (accessed 10 October 2014) The ongoing border dispute with Guatemala was also a campaign issue, with the UDP criticising Price's negotiations.Pitt David 1984-12-14 FREE BELIZE HOLDS FIRST VOTE TODAY en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/14/world/free-belize-holds-first-vote-today.html 2022-02-13 0362-4331 The UDP advocated for foreign direct investment to help reduce the unemployment rate.Pitt David 1984-12-24 REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: BELIZE' POLITICAL HURRICANE en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/24/world/reporter-s-notebook-belize-political-hurricane.html 2022-02-13 0362-4331 Just a few months before the election, Price ordered a redistricting of electoral boundaries. This created 10 new constituencies for a total of 28, but the majority were upset because of claims that the PUP drew the boundaries with victory in mind. Esquivel was elected in the newly created Caribbean Shores House constituency, while Price himself was defeated in his Freetown constituency after over 30 years of continuous service in the House of Representatives and its predecessors.General Election 1984 https://web.archive.org/web/20141016100510/http://www.elections.gov.bz/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=14&lid=748 2014-10-16 , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 9 October 2014) Esquivel succeeded Price as prime minister to become the first non-PUP leader in the nation's history. Price continued to lead the PUP from outside the National Assembly while Florencio Marin became Leader of the Opposition.The Right Honourable George Cadle Price, AmbergrisCaye.com. (accessed 9 October 2014) Results File:Belizean Parliament 1984.svg United Democratic Party 25756 21 +16 People's United Party 20961 7 –6 Christian Democratic Party 708 0 New Independents 213 0 New +10 673 64447 Elections and Boundaries Department References Belize General Category:General elections in Belize Belize Category:December 1984 in North America